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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[524]] &ndash; The [[Franks]] are defeated by the [[Burgundians]] in the [[Battle of Vézeronce]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Medieval Wars 500–1500.|author=Dennis Showalter|publisher=Amber Books Limited|year=2013|isbn=9781782741190|page=604}}</ref>
* [[841]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Fontenoy (841)|Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye]], forces led by [[Charles the Bald]] and [[Louis the German]] defeat the armies of [[Lothair I]] of Italy and [[Pepin II of Aquitaine]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|page=53}}</ref>
*[[1258]] &ndash; [[War of Saint Sabas]]: In the [[Battle of Acre (1258)|Battle of Acre]], the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] defeat a larger [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet sailing to relieve [[Acre, Israel|Acre]].
*[[1401]] &ndash; [[Schaffhausen massacre]]: 30 Jews were executed, following torture, after being accused of a [[blood libel]] in [[Schaffhausen]] (in present-day [[Switzerland]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-17 |title=Wie 1401 ein Gerücht allen Juden in Schaffhausen das Leben kostete {{!}} Schaffhauser Nachrichten |url=https://www.shn.ch/region/stadt/2018-09-17/wie-1401-ein-geruecht-allen-juden-in-schaffhausen-das-leben-kostete |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=www.shn.ch |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1530]] &ndash; At the [[Diet of Augsburg]] the [[Augsburg Confession]] is presented to the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by the [[Lutheran]] princes and [[Prince-elector|Electors]] of Germany.

===1601–1900===
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces fail to retake [[Jamaica]] at the [[Battle of Rio Nuevo]] during the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)|Anglo-Spanish War]].
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]] is the first woman awarded a [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctorate of philosophy]] when she graduates from the [[University of Padua]].
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Maria Theresa]] is crowned [[List of rulers of Hungary|Queen of Hungary]].
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Gavriil Pribylov]] discovers [[St. George Island (Alaska)|St. George Island]] of the [[Pribilof Islands]] in the [[Bering Sea]].
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Virginia]] becomes the tenth [[U.S. state|state]] to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].
*[[1848]] &ndash; A photograph of the [[June Days uprising]] becomes the first known instance of [[photojournalism]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]]: 300 men of the [[U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment]] under [[Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[George Armstrong Custer]] are wiped out by 5,000 [[Lakota people|Lakota]], [[Cheyenne]] and [[Arapaho]], led by [[Sitting Bull]] and [[Crazy Horse]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Taoism|Taoist]] monk [[Wang Yuanlu]] discovers the [[Dunhuang manuscripts]], a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the [[Mogao Caves]] of [[Dunhuang]], China.

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] millionaire [[Harry Thaw]] shoots and kills prominent architect [[Stanford White]].
*[[1910]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Mann Act]], which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
*  1910   &ndash; [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Firebird]]'' is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]] veterans begin arriving at the [[Great Reunion of 1913]].
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Colombia–Russia relations|Colombia–Soviet Union relations]] are established.
*[[1938]] &ndash; Dr. [[Douglas Hyde]] is inaugurated as the first [[President of Ireland]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The French [[Armistice of 22 June 1940|armistice]] with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Continuation War]] between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Finland]], supported by [[Nazi Germany]], began.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://viakarelia.fi/en/themes/military-history/memorials-of-the-continuation-war-on-via-karelia/|title=Memorials of the Continuation War on Via Karelia – Via Karelia|date=March 18, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]] and World War II: Jews in the [[Częstochowa Ghetto]] in Poland stage [[Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising|an uprising]] against the Nazis.
*  1943   &ndash; The left-wing German Jewish exile [[Arthur Goldstein]] is murdered in [[Auschwitz]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Tali-Ihantala]], the largest battle ever fought in the [[Nordic countries]], begins.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships [[Bombardment of Cherbourg|bombard Cherbourg]] to support [[United States Army]] units engaged in the [[Battle of Cherbourg]].
*  1944   &ndash; The final page of the comic ''[[Krazy Kat]]'' is published, exactly two months after its author [[George Herriman]] died.
*[[1947]] &ndash; ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'' (better known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'') is published.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Displaced Persons Act]] to allow [[World War II refugees]] to [[Immigration to the United States|immigrate to the United States]] above quota restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1946–1948: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1946-1948-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Korean War]] begins with the invasion of [[First Republic of Korea|South Korea]] by [[North Korea]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; Cold War: Two [[cryptography|cryptographers]] working for the United States [[National Security Agency]] left for vacation to Mexico, and from there [[Martin and Mitchell defection|defected to the Soviet Union]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mozambique]] achieves independence from [[Portugal]].
*  1975   &ndash; Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] declares a [[The Emergency (India)|state of internal emergency]] in India.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Missouri]] Governor [[Kit Bond]] issues an executive order rescinding the [[Missouri Executive Order 44|Extermination Order]], formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; The [[rainbow flag (LGBT movement)|rainbow flag]] representing [[gay pride]] is flown for the first time during the San Francisco [[San Francisco Pride|Gay Freedom Day Parade]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[breakup of Yugoslavia]] begins when [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]] declare their independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] launches on [[STS-50]], the first shuttle mission to carry [[Extended Duration Orbiter]] hardware.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web |title=STS-50 |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216184145/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html |url-status=dead }} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Kim Campbell]] is sworn in as the first female [[List of Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister of Canada]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; The [[Khobar Towers bombing]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] kills 19 [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. servicemen]].
*1996 &ndash; American rapper [[Jay-Z]] releases his debut album, [[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-24 |title=Coming of Age: JAY-Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' @ 25 |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/reasonable-doubt-25/1-79555 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=TIDAL Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; An uncrewed [[Progress M-34|Progress spacecraft]] collides with the Russian [[space station]] ''[[Mir]]''.
*  1997   &ndash; The [[National Hockey League]] approved expansion franchises for [[Nashville Predators|Nashville]] (1998), [[Atlanta Thrashers|Atlanta]] (1999), [[Columbus Blue Jackets|Columbus]] (2000), and [[Minnesota Wild|Minneapolis-Saint Paul]] (2000).
*[[1998]] &ndash; In ''[[Clinton v. City of New York]]'', the [[United States Supreme Court]] decides that the [[Line Item Veto Act of 1996]] is [[Constitution of the United States|unconstitutional]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[PMTair Flight 241]] crashes in the [[Dâmrei Mountains]] in [[Kampot Province, Cambodia]], killing all 22 people on board.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |date=2007-06-27 |title='No survivors' in Cambodia plane |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6243842.stm |access-date=2007-06-26}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; The prime minister of Bangladesh, [[Sheikh Hasina]] inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, [[Padma Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/2081200|title=Hasina leads celebrations over the opening of Padma Bridge|website=Bdnews24|access-date=2022-06-25|archive-date=2022-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625074518/https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/2081200|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]: The [[Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)|Battle of Sievierodonetsk]] ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the [[Battle of Lysychansk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ukraine Retreats From Embattled City, as Russia Grinds On|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/world/europe/ukraine-russia-sievvierodonetsk-donbas-lysychansk.html|author1=Gibbons-Neff, Thomas|author2=Marc Santora|author3=Michael Levenson|website=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in [[Oslo]] in a [[2022 Oslo shooting|suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61933817|title=Oslo shooting: Norway attack being treated as Islamist terrorism, police say|website=BBC News|date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; Thousands of people [[2024 storming of the Parliament of Kenya|storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings]] protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-protestors-storm-parliament-set-on-fire-4669260|title=Kenya protesters storm parliament, set sections on fire|website=The East African|date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

==Births== 
===Pre-1600===

*[[1242]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of England]] (died 1275)<ref>{{cite book|title=Hadley, John – Intestina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=av9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1838|publisher=Knight|pages=124}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]], English commander (died 1397)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Frederick Beltz|title=Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcRcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA36|year=1841|publisher=W. Pickering|pages=36–}}</ref>
*[[1371]] &ndash; [[Joanna II of Naples]] (died 1435)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan II {{!}} queen of Naples {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-II |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1484]] &ndash; [[Bartholomeus V. Welser]], German banker (died 1561)
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Rebecca |date=2017-06-25 |title=Interesting Life of Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Northampton |url=https://tudorsdynasty.com/interesting-life-elizabeth-brooke-lady-northampton/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Tudors Dynasty |language=en-US}}</ref> (died 1565)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Fabry]], German surgeon (died 1634)
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Gunilla Bielke]], Queen of Sweden (died 1597)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[John Albert Vasa]], Polish cardinal (died 1634)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Corner]], Venetian statesman and military commander (died 1690)<ref>{{DBI | last = Derosas | first = Renzo | title = CORNER, Girolamo | volume = 29 | url = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-corner_res-479d0835-87eb-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Francesco Araja]], Italian composer (died 1762)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], French soldier and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (died 1789)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Natalia Alexeievna of Russia]] (died 1776)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]], Scottish-English botanist and explorer (died 1834)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Auguste Daubrée]], French geologist and engineer (died 1896)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[James Farnell]], Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (died 1888)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Antoni Gaudí]], Spanish architect, designed the [[Park Güell]] (died 1926)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Georges Courteline]], French author and playwright (died 1929)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Gustave Charpentier]], French composer and conductor (died 1956)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Émile Francqui]], Belgian soldier and diplomat (died 1935)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Walther Nernst]], German chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1941)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bartel, Hans-Georg, (1999)|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz71086.html|chapter=Nernst, Walther|pages=66–68|title=Neue Deutsche Biographie |volume=19|access-date=20 September 2018}}</ref> 
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Eloísa Díaz]], Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (died 1950)<ref name="memoria">{{Cite web |url = http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=biografiaeloisadiaz |title = Eloísa Díaz y Amanda Labarca |publisher = Memoria Chilena |language = es |access-date = September 10, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120427223718/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=biografiaeloisadiaz |archive-date = 27 April 2012 |url-status = live}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Rose O'Neill]], American [[cartoonist]], illustrator, artist, and writer (died 1944)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Géza Gyóni]], Hungarian soldier and poet (died 1917)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler]], German-French art collector and historian (died 1979)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Henry H. Arnold]], American general (died 1950)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[George Abbott]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Frigyes Karinthy]], Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Shirō Ishii]], Japanese microbiologist and general (died 1959)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Hermann Oberth]], Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Kay Sage]], American painter and poet (died 1963)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Marta Abba]], Italian actress (died 1988)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Zinaida Aksentyeva]], Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (died 1969)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Georgia Hale]], American silent film actress and real estate investor (died 1985)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]], English admiral and politician, 44th [[Governor-General of India]] (died 1979)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Harold Roe Bartle]], American businessman and politician, 47th [[List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri|Mayor of Kansas City]] (died 1974)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]] of Japan (died 1953)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[George Orwell]], British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Anne Revere]], American actress (died 1990)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Rupert Wildt]], German-American astronomer and academic (died 1976)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[J. Hans D. Jensen]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1973)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Willard Van Orman Quine]], American philosopher and academic (died 2000)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[William Howard Stein]], American chemist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1980)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[William T. Cahill]], American lawyer and politician, 46th [[Governor of New Jersey]] (died 1996)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Cyril Fletcher]], English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Whipper Billy Watson]], Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 1990)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Nils Karlsson]], Swedish skier (died 2012)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Claude Seignolle]], French author (died 2018)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[P. H. Newby]], English soldier and author (died 1997)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Lassie Lou Ahern]], American actress (died 2018)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Celia Franca]], English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the [[National Ballet of Canada]] (died 2007)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Johnny Smith]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Sam Francis]], American soldier and painter (died 1994)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Dorothy Gilman]], American author (died 2012)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Jamshid Amouzegar]], 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (died 2016)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sidney Lumet]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Dimitar Isakov]], Bulgarian football player
*  1924   &ndash; [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]], Iraqi-Indian composer and director (died 1975)
*  1924   &ndash; [[William J. Castagna]], American lawyer and judge (died 2020)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[June Lockhart]], American actress (died 2025)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Robert Venturi]], American architect and academic (died 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/obituaries/robert-venturi-dead.html|title = Robert Venturi, Architect Who Rejected Modernism, Dies at 93|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 September 2018|last1 = Bernstein|first1 = Fred A.}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Virginia Patton]], American actress and businesswoman (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/virginia-patton-moss-dead-its-a-wonderful-life-1235346753/|work=Variety|title= Virginia Patton Moss, Last Surviving Adult Cast Member of 'It's a Wonderful Life,' Dies at 97|access-date=August 21, 2022|author=Murphy, J. Kim|date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821195102/https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/virginia-patton-moss-dead-its-a-wonderful-life-1235346753/ |archive-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian author and poet (died 1973)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Kep Enderby]], Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd [[Attorney-General for Australia]] (died 2015)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Stig Sollander]], Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Antal Róka]], Hungarian runner (died 1970)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Arnold Wolfendale]], English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov]], Russian-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2017)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Michel Brault]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Peyo]], Belgian author and illustrator, created ''[[The Smurfs]]'' (died 1992)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Eric Carle]], American author and illustrator (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-illustrator/10699566/|title='The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author, illustrator Eric Carle dies at 91|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure.|title=Eric Carle, Author of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', Dies at 91|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Francesco Marchisano]], Italian cardinal (died 2014)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[V. P. Singh]], Indian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of India]] (died 2008)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]], English painter and illustrator
*  1932   &ndash; [[George Sluizer]], French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Álvaro Siza Vieira]], Portuguese architect, designed the [[Porto School of Architecture]]
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Jean Geissinger]], American baseball player (died 2014)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Jack W. Hayford]], American minister and author (died 2023)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Beatriz Sheridan]], Mexican actress and director (died 2006)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ray Butt]], English television producer and director (died 2013)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Salihu Ibrahim]], Nigerian Army Officer (died 2018)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Taufiq Ismail]], Indonesian poet and activist
*  1935   &ndash; [[Larry Kramer]], American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]] (died 2020)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Don Demeter]], American professional baseball player (died 2021)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Tony Lanfranchi]], English racing driver (died 2004)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Judy Howe]], American artistic gymnast
*  1935   &ndash; [[Charles Sheffield]], English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (died 2002)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[B. J. Habibie]], Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd [[President of Indonesia]] (died 2019)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Bert Hölldobler]], German biologist and entomologist
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Eddie Floyd]], American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
*  1937   &ndash; [[Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland]], English politician (died 2019)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Doreen Wells]], English ballerina and actress
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Allen Fox]], American tennis player and coach
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Judy Amoore]], Australian runner
*  1940   &ndash; [[Mary Beth Peil]], American actress and singer
*  1940   &ndash; [[A. J. Quinnell]], English-Maltese author (died 2005)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Clint Warwick]], English bass player (died 2004)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Denys Arcand]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1941   &ndash; [[John Albert Raven]], Scottish academic and ecologist 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Patricia Brake]], English actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patricia Brake obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/30/patricia-brake-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en |date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Nikiforos Diamandouros]], Greek academic and politician
*  1942   &ndash; [[Willis Reed]], American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Michel Tremblay]], Canadian author and playwright
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Carly Simon]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba312883c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103043008/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba312883c|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2019|title=Carly Simon}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Robert Charlebois]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*  1944   &ndash; [[Gary David Goldberg]], American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Baba Gana Kingibe]], Nigerian politician
*  1945   &ndash; [[Harry Womack]], American singer (died 1974)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Roméo Dallaire]], Dutch-Canadian general and politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Allen Lanier]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]], English guitarist and saxophonist (died 2022) 
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[John Powell (discus thrower)|John Powell]], American discus thrower (died 2022)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jimmie Walker]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmie Walker |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/jimmie-walker#biographyhttps://prod-www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/Jimmie-Walker#biography |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Paul-André Cadieux]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)<ref>[https://www.laliberte.ch/info-regionale/carnet-noir-l-ancien-entraineur-de-gotteron-paul-andre-cadieux-est-decede-743877 Carnet noir: L’ancien entraîneur de Gottéron Paul-André Cadieux est décédé] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Richard Clarke (bishop)|Richard Clarke]], Irish archbishop
*  1949   &ndash; [[Patrick Tambay]], French racing driver (died 2022)<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Ski|date=Oct 1983|author=Chuck Queener|title=The Game's the Same|page=123}}</ref> 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Yoon Joo-sang]], South Korean actor
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Marcello Toninelli]], Italian author and screenwriter
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Eva Bayer-Fluckiger]], Swiss mathematician and academic
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Péter Erdő]], Hungarian cardinal 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Martin Gerschwitz]], German singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Kristina Abelli Elander]], Swedish artist
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Olivier Ameisen]], French-American cardiologist and educator (died 2013)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Ian Davis (cricketer)|Ian Davis]], Australian cricketer
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Mario Lessard]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1954   &ndash; [[David Paich]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*  1954   &ndash; [[Sonia Sotomayor]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor |title=Sonia Sotomayor |website=Oyez |language=en-US |publisher=[[Legal Information Institute]] (Cornell University), [[Chicago-Kent College of Law]] |access-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-date=October 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014034856/https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Vic Marks]], English cricketer and sportscaster
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Anthony Bourdain]], American chef and author (died 2018)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Boris Trajkovski]], Macedonian politician, 2nd [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (died 2004)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Craig Young (rugby league)|Craig Young]], Australian rugby player and coach
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Greg Millen]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Alex |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Longtime NHL goalie, analyst Greg Millen dies at 67 |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NHL/2025/04/08/canada-NHL-goalie-Greg-Millen-dies/3591744111148/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[United Press International]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Lutz Dombrowski]], German long jumper and educator
*  1959   &ndash; [[Jari Puikkonen]], Finnish ski jumper
*  1959   &ndash; [[Bobbie Vaile]], Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1996)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Alastair Bruce of Crionaich]], English-Scottish journalist and author<ref>{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1297–1298|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Craig Johnston]], South African-Australian footballer and photographer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Laurent Rodriguez]], French rugby player
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Timur Bekmambetov]], Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ricky Gervais]], English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Yann Martel]], Spanish-born Canadian author<ref>{{cite book|title=A Study Guide (New Edition) for Yann Martel's "The Life of Pi"|publisher=Gale, Cengage|isbn=9780028665801|page=1}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Doug Gilmour]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager
*  1963   &ndash; [[George Michael]], English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/george-michael-dead-7633292/|title=George Michael Dies at 53|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 25, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Phil Emery]], Australian cricketer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Johnny Herbert]], English racing driver and sportscaster
*  1964   &ndash; [[John McCrea (musician)|John McCrea]], American singer-songwriter and musician
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Napole Polutele]], French politician
*  1965   &ndash; [[Kerri Pottharst]], Australian beach volleyball player
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Dikembe Mutombo]], Congolese-American basketball player (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Close |first=David |date=2024-09-30 |title=Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at 58, NBA says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/sport/dikembe-mutombo-death-nba-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tracey Spicer]], Australian journalist 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Adrian Garvey]], Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
*  1968   &ndash; [[Vaios Karagiannis]], Greek footballer and manager
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Kevin Kelley (American football)|Kevin Kelley]], American football coach<ref>{{cite web |title=A different way to think football |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/10/a-different-way-to-think-football/ |website=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |access-date=May 8, 2021 |language=en |date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Roope Latvala]], Finnish guitarist 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Erki Nool]], Estonian decathlete and politician
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Karen Darke]], English cyclist and author<ref>{{cite web|title=Karen Darke|url=http://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Karen-Darke.pdf|publisher=Scottish Disability Sport|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Jason Gallian]], Australian-English cricketer and educator
*  1971   &ndash; [[Rod Kafer]], Australian rugby player and sportscaster
*  1971   &ndash; [[Angela Kinsey]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schremph |first1=Kelly |title=Jenna Fischer's Birthday Message To Angela Kinsey Will Melt Your 'Office'-Loving Heart |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/jenna-fischers-birthday-message-to-angela-kinsey-proves-these-office-costars-are-total-bffs-photo-18144459 |publisher=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] |access-date=23 June 2023 |date=25 June 2019}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Neil Lennon]], Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager
*  1971   &ndash; [[Michael Tucker (baseball)|Michael Tucker]], American baseball player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Carlos Delgado]], Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
*  1972   &ndash; [[Saif al-Islam Gaddafi]], Libyan engineer and politician
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Milan Hnilička]], Czech ice hockey player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Jamie Redknapp]], English footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/396|title=Players – Jamie Redknapp|website=LFC History|access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Nisha Ganatra]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1974   &ndash; [[Glen Metropolit]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kiur Aarma]], Estonian journalist and producer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Linda Cardellini]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/11/25/linda-cardellini-2/ |title=Linda Cardellini |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 25, 2007 |author=Jacqueline Cutler |access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Albert Costa]], Spanish tennis player and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albert-costa/c378/overview |title=Albert Costa |website=atptour.com |publisher=[[Association of Tennis Professionals]] |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Vladimir Kramnik]], Russian chess player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Michele Merkin]], American model and television host
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[José Cancela]], Uruguayan footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Carlos Nieto (rugby union)|Carlos Nieto]], Argentinian-Italian rugby player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Walker|url=https://www.olympic.org/neil-walker|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Aramis Ramírez]], Dominican baseball player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Richard Hughes (footballer)|Richard Hughes]], Scottish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Busy Philipps]], American actress
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Simon Ammann]], Swiss ski jumper<ref>{{cite web|title=Simon Ammann|url=https://www.olympic.org/simon-ammann|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Rain (entertainer)|Rain]], South Korean singer and actor
*  1982   &ndash; [[Mikhail Youzhny]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mikhail-youzhny/y061/overview |title=Mikhail Youzhny |website=atptour.com |publisher=[[Association of Tennis Professionals]]}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Marc Janko]], Austrian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14537/Marc_Janko.html|title=Marc Janko|website=National Football Teams|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Karim Matmour]], Algerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.htafc.com/news/2016/january/signing-karim-matmour-arrives-at-htafc/|title=Signing: Karim Matmour arrives at HTAFC|date=20 January 2016|website=Huddersfield Town|author=David Threlfall-Sykes|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Aya Matsuura]], Japanese singer and actress 
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jhonas Enroth]], Swedish ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Miguel Layún]], Mexican footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Therese Johaug]], Norwegian cross-country skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/therese-johaug|title=Therese Johaug|website=IOC|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Andi Eigenmann]], Filipino actress<ref>{{cite news|author1=Abunda, Boy|author-link=Boy Abunda|title=All out for Andi|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/567545/all-out-andi|access-date=14 June 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Pietro Fittipaldi]], Brazilian-American race car driver
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kyle Chalmers]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kyle-chalmers|title=Kyle Chalmers|website=IOC|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Philip Broberg]], Swedish professional ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/philip-broberg-8481598|title=Philip Broberg|website=NHL|access-date=June 24, 2024}}</ref>
* [[2002]] &ndash; [[Benson Boone]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/benson-boone-who-facts-beautiful-things/|title=Benson Boone: Everything you need to know about the Beautiful Things singer and TikTok star|first1=Carl|last1=Smith|website=[[Official Charts]]|date=March 19, 2024|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref>
* [[2005]] &ndash; [[Kylie Cantrall]], American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and social media personality<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/person/kylie-cantrall/|title=Kylie Cantrall – About|website=[[Entertainment.ie]]|access-date=June 10, 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[635]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Gao Zu]], Chinese emperor (born 566)
* [[841]] &ndash; [[Gerard, Count of Auvergne|Gerard of Auvergne]], Frankish nobleman
*   841   &ndash; [[Ricwin of Nantes]], Frankish nobleman
* [[891]] &ndash; [[Sunderolt]], German archbishop
* [[931]] &ndash; [[An Chonghui]], Chinese general
*[[1014]] &ndash; [[Æthelstan Ætheling]], son of [[Æthelred the Unready]]
*[[1031]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Sheng Zong]], Chinese emperor (born 972)
*[[1134]] &ndash; [[Niels, King of Denmark|Niels]], king of Denmark (born 1065)
*[[1218]] &ndash; [[Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester]], French politician, [[Lord High Steward]] (born 1160)
*[[1291]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Provence]], queen of England (born 1223)
*[[1337]] &ndash; [[Frederick III of Sicily|Frederick III]], king of Sicily (born 1272)
*[[1394]] &ndash; [[Dorothea of Montau]], German hermitess (born 1347)<ref>Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}})</ref>
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers]], English courtier and translator (born 1440)
*  1483   &ndash; [[Richard Grey]], half brother of [[Edward V of England]] (born 1458)
*[[1522]] &ndash; [[Franchinus Gaffurius]], Italian composer and theorist (born 1451)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]], queen of France (born 1496)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158028-4 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&dq=Mary+Tudor+1496+25+june+1533&pg=PT261 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Hatano Hideharu]], Japanese warlord (born 1541)
*[[1593]] &ndash; [[Michele Mercati]], Italian physician and archaeologist (born 1541)

===1601–1900===
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[John Marston (playwright)|John Marston]], English poet and playwright (born 1576)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Juan Pérez de Montalbán]], Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1602)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria|Sigismund Francis]], archduke of Austria (born 1630)
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort|François de Vendôme]], duke of Beaufort (born 1616)
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]], Italian priest and astronomer (born 1598)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan]], French captain (born 1611)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Simon Ushakov]], Russian painter and educator (born 1626)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste du Casse]], French admiral and politician (born 1646)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Georg Philipp Telemann]], German composer and theorist (born 1681)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Thomas Sandby]], English cartographer, painter, and architect (born 1721)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]], German composer, critic, and jurist (born 1776)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Ebenezer Pemberton]], American educator (born 1746)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo]], French general and engineer (born 1774)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Abdülmecid I]], Ottoman sultan (born 1823)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Alexander von Nordmann]], Finnish biologist and paleontologist (born 1803)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Carlo Matteucci]], Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (born 1811)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[David Heaton]], American lawyer and politician (born 1823)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Antoine-Louis Barye]], French sculptor (born 1796)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[James Calhoun (soldier)|James Calhoun]], American lieutenant (born 1845)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Boston Custer]], American civilian army contractor (born 1848)
*  1876   &ndash; [[George Armstrong Custer]], American general (born 1839)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Thomas Custer]], American officer, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1845)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Myles Keogh]], Irish-American officer (born 1840)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[François Jouffroy]], French sculptor (born 1806)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Hans Rott]], Austrian organist and composer (born 1858)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Jean-Louis Beaudry]], Canadian businessman and politician, 11th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (born 1809)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Marie François Sadi Carnot]], French engineer and politician, 5th [[President of France]] (born 1837)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Stanford White]], American architect, designed the [[Washington Square Arch]] (born 1853)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]], Dutch-British painter (born 1836)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Thomas Eakins]], American painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1844)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Géza Gyóni]], Hungarian soldier and poet (born 1884)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Jake Beckley]], American baseball player and coach (born 1867)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Satyendranath Dutta]], Indian poet and author (born 1882)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Colin Clive]], British actor (born 1900)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Richard Seaman]], English race car driver (born 1913)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Arthur Goldstein]], German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Dénes Berinkey]], Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (born 1871)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)|Lucha Reyes]], Mexican singer and actress (born 1906)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Doyle (boxer)|Jimmy Doyle]], American boxer (born 1924)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[William C. Lee]], American general (born 1895)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Buck Freeman]], American baseball player (born 1871)
*  1949   &ndash; [[James Steen (water polo)|James Steen]], American water polo player (born 1876)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Muiris Ó Súilleabháin]], Irish police officer and author (born 1904)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Alfred Noyes]], English author, poet, and playwright (born 1880)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Charles Starkweather]], American spree killer (born 1938)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Tommy Corcoran (baseball)|Tommy Corcoran]], American baseball player and manager (born 1869)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tony Hancock]], English comedian and actor (born 1924)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr]], Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1880)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Jan Matulka]], Czech-American painter and illustrator (born 1890)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Cornelius Lanczos]], Hungarian mathematician and physicist (born 1893)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Johnny Mercer]], American singer-songwriter, co-founded [[Capitol Records]] (born 1909)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Olave Baden-Powell]], British [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting]] leader (born 1889)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Endre Szervánszky]], Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1911)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Dave Fleischer]], American animator, director, and producer (born 1894)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Philippe Halsman]], Latvian-American photographer (born 1906)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Felipe Cossío del Pomar]], Peruvian painter and political activist (born 1888)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Alberto Ginastera]], Argentinian pianist and composer (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Ginastera {{!}} Argentine composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Michel Foucault]], French historian and philosopher (born 1926)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Hillel Slovak]], Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1962)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ronald Gene Simmons]], American sergeant and murderer (born 1940)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jerome Brown]], American football player (born 1965)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Warren E. Burger]], Fifteenth [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] (born 1907)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Ernest Walton]], Irish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1903)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Arthur Snelling]], English civil servant and diplomat, [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa|British Ambassador to South Africa]] (born 1914)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cousteau]], French oceanographer and explorer (born 1910)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Fred Trump]], American real estate developer and businessman (born 1905)<ref>{{cite news |author1-first=Angela |author1-last=Mosconi |title=Fred Trump, dad of Donald, dies at 93 |date=1999-06-26 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/26/fred-trump-dad-of-donald-dies-at-93/ |archive-date=2015-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204015132/https://nypost.com/1999/06/26/fred-trump-dad-of-donald-dies-at-93/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Jean Corbeil]], Canadian politician, 29th [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Labour]] (born 1934)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Lester Maddox]], American businessman and politician, 75th [[Governor of Georgia]] (born 1915)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Morton Coutts]], New Zealand inventor (born 1904)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[John Fiedler]], American actor and voice artist (born 1925)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Kâzım Koyuncu]], Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (born 1971)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jaap Penraat]], Dutch-American humanitarian (born 1918)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[J. Fred Duckett]], American journalist and educator (born 1933)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Jeeva (director)|Jeeva]], Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1963)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Lyall Watson]], South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Farrah Fawcett]], American actress and producer (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/06/25/farrah-fawcett-dies/|title=Farrah Fawcett dies at 62|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 25, 2009|access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref>
*  2009   &ndash; [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (born 1958)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Sky Saxon]], American singer-songwriter (born 1937)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Alan Plater]], English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Richard B. Sellars]], American businessman and philanthropist (born 1915)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Annie Easley]], American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1933)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Goff Richards]], English composer and conductor (born 1944)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Margaret Tyzack]], English actress (born 1931)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Shigemitsu Dandō]], Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Campbell Gillies]], Scottish jockey (born 1990)
*  2012   &ndash; [[George Randolph Hearst, Jr.]], American businessman (born 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Lucella MacLean]], American baseball player (born 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Edgar Ross (boxer)|Edgar Ross]], American boxer (born 1949)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[George Burditt (writer)|George Burditt]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Catherine Gibson]], Scottish swimmer (born 1931)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Robert E. Gilka]], American photographer and journalist (born 1916)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Harry Parker (rower)|Harry Parker]], American rower and coach (born 1935)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Mildred Ladner Thompson]], American journalist (born 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Green Wix Unthank]], American soldier and judge (born 1923)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Nigel Calder]], English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ana María Matute]], Spanish author and academic (born 1925)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ivan Plyushch]], Ukrainian agronomist and politician (born 1941)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Patrick Macnee]], English actor (born 1922)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni]], Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Adam Small (writer)|Adam Small]], South African writer of apartheid-period (born 1936)
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Simon Crean]], Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/25/former-labor-leader-simon-crean-dies-age-74 |title=Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies age 74 |first=Paul |last=Karp |date=25 June 2023 |newspaper=[[Guardian Australia]] |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Sika Anoa‘i]], American Samoan professional wrestler (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasabian |first=Paul |title=WWE Hall of Famer Sika Anoa'i Dies at Age 79; Father of Roman Reigns |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10126042-wwe-hall-of-famer-sika-anoai-dies-at-age-79-father-of-roman-reigns |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; [[Bill Cobbs]], American actor (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Cobbs, 'The Sopranos' and 'The Bodyguard' character actor, dies at 90 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/bill-cobbs-dies-sopranos-bodyguard/ |website=TheWrap |date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Arbor Day#Philippines|Arbor Day]] ([[Philippines]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[David of Munktorp]]
**[[Eurosia]]
**[[Maximus of Turin|Maximus (Massimo) of Turin]]
**[[Our Lady of Medjugorje]]<ref>{{cite web |title=25 giugno, Anniversario Medjugorje |url=https://rusconiviaggi.com/it/25-giugno-anniversario-medjugorje/ |website=Rusconi Viaggi |date= 25 June 2021|access-date=29 October 2024 |language=it}}</ref>
**[[Philipp Melanchthon]] ([[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]])
**Presentation of the [[Augsburg Confession]] ([[Lutheran]])
**[[Prosper of Aquitaine]]
**[[Prosper of Reggio]]
**[[William of Montevergine]]
**[[June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Independence Day (Mozambique)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Mozambique]] from Portugal in 1975. 
*[[Independence Day (Croatia)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Croatia observing Independence Day today
|date=25 June 2023 |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-observing-independence-day-today/}}</ref>
*[[National Catfish Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[Statehood Day (Slovenia)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
*[[Statehood Day (Virginia)]]
*[[Teacher's Day]] ([[Guatemala]]) 
*[[World Vitiligo Day]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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*{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
*{{NYT On this day|month=06|day=25}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/25 |title=Historical Events on June 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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